exception

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person, thing, or case that is not included in a general rule or statement.

   That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of leaving something out of a group or rule.

   With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news.

3. 3
   noun

   In computing, an error that interrupts a program and can be handled by another part of it.

   The program crashed because of an unhandled exception.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.

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